Water treatment doesn’t have to be one large, citywide system.
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Water shortages are one of the greatest problems created by a warming world. A decentralized water system is a compelling counterargument to the notion that bigger is better.
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The deal is a global aspiration, not a legally binding agreement. But it should end the idea that burning carbon – in Australia and elsewhere – can continue on a significant scale beyond 2050.
Seafood is a ubiquitous human food-source, the future stability of which is uncertain.
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Climate change and overfishing are depleting global fish stocks with clear implications for the food security future of billions of people.
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Every two years, we get an updated plan for the future of Australia’s main grid. Under the new plan, coal vanishes even faster.
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Even with rapid reductions in emissions, we will still need to adapt to a harsher climate.
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Weak language at COP28 is at complete odds with the officially-recognised science.
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‘Breath emissions’ are around 0.05% of the UK’s total methane emissions.
Countries agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, but oil and gas firms are ramping up production.
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The distinction between ‘abated’ and ‘unabated’ fossil fuels is crucial, yet remains ambiguous.
Ice on the Antarctic peninsula flowing along a channel into an ice shelf in the ocean.
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Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.
Children and women run in a cloud of dust at the village of El Gel, Ethiopia. Climate change has pushed the Horn of Africa into a catastrophic drought.
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Heat, floods and droughts create conditions for pathogens and their vectors.
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Yes, there was some progress at COP28. But the international community is not taking this enormous climate challenge as seriously as it should.
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Humans wield great power with what they choose to eat. Here’s how to use that power for good on Christmas day.
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Researchers must track everything from bomb making or jet fuel burning to the carbon cost of post-conflict rebuilding.
Giovanna Stevens grew up harvesting salmon at her family’s fish camp on Alaska’s Yukon River. Climate change is interrupting hunting and fishing traditions in many areas.
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The early heat melted snow and warmed rivers, heating up the land and downstream ocean areas. The effects harmed salmon fisheries, melted sea ice and fueled widespread fires.
The Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar.
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The world’s coastal deltas are home to hundreds of thousands of people – but they’re now under threat.
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In the first commitment of its kind, 63 countries promised to slash emissions from cooling and refrigeration.
A child’s doll discarded during a storm.
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Though hard to quantify, the social consequences of climate change are vast.
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Taking MDMA can raise our body temperature higher than it should be. Extreme heat may compound this effect.
Islene Facanha, of Portugal, participates in a demonstration dressed with images of wildfires at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Theatre and the arts can be vehicles for thinking globally and acting locally, embracing alternative ways of knowing and acknowledging holistic approaches to addressing climate change.
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Investors seem not to care about climate risks, but they really should.